The Downside of Focusing on Your Goals

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Channel: Running Raw · 2014 · People & Blogs

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Do you have athletic goals? Why do you have them? What needs will they meet? Does athletic accomplishment make us happy? Does winning a competition lead to fulfillment? What drives us to do what we do as athletes? 
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This is a clip from my talk "Discovering Your Athletic Potential" at the 2013 Woodstock Fruit Festival.
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